Poster's Story Title:   bottino's fresh fish Name Of Establishment:   bottino Location:   10th ave and 24th street Story:   I worked at Bottino and finally left, not because the owners routinely charged 20% "service charges" for large parties and only gave the staff about half when lucky (once Danny Emmerman when confronted explained,"Well we have to pay for the decorations.") Nor did I leave because they make the illegal workers pay twenty dollars a shift back to the house, or that we as waiters had to tip out the Manager 7 (to our ten) points. I left because I was so disturbed by watching the dish washer dump emty beverages directly onto the fish he would clean every day during lunch. The sink was full of refuse and seafood all mixed together everyday and that to them is normal. If you could imagine the prep-kitchen with it's pork-loins covered in flies and the Chinese guys who would pee into a drain on the floor and then go back to food prep without washing hands you get a pretty clear picture. Leftover veggies from takeout store double as your dinner side and food hits the floor "on the line" and back into the pan no questions asked. Don't beleive me? Fine by me. Go and enjoy, but this is the truth...My dignity made me leave.